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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Week of March 28 - April 1

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
Reference Pages Due for Evolution Mini Exam

1) rEMINDERS
2) Lab Assessments
3) Has everyone written the exam?
4) Cells Vocab review and game
5) Cell Unit Objectives

6) Plant vs Animal Cells
7) Eukaryotic vs Prokaryotic Cells
8) Cell Conference

1) Reference pages due - if not handed in you are in study hall or completing in your spare - Due by 3:15

2) Took up Cell Vocab

3) Cell Vocab Review Game

4) Worked through Plan for the week.
March 28
Tuesday
Reminders:
- Food Day Assignment info

1) Evolution check in- any questions

2) Wrap up Fever Advice

3) Protein Synthesis Assignment Work Day or Continue with Cells information depending on time.


1) Discussed food day activity
2) Quick Evolution Review
3) Wrapped up fever presentations except for two
4) Started general info about Plant and animal c ells.

March 29
Wednesday
Evolution Mini Exam

1) Work on Cell Conference or Protein Synthesis Assignment - depending how far along we are.

2) Is everyone's fever presentation available online for Friday.
1) Reminders - Food day tomorrow

2) Completed Evolution Mini Exam

3) Worked on Protein Synthesis.
** Need to check in with your PS plan.
March 30

Thursday
Food Day - Bring a food item along with a listing of the ingredients and a summary explaining a minimum of three connections back to Biology.

1) Continue with Cell Information

2) Last two fever presentations.



Food Day
- handed in analysis

Worked on Protein Synthesis.

March 31

Friday
1) Fever Response day
2) Protein Synthesis Assignment work time - Set due dates

1) Skyped with the Grade 5s

2) Fever Assessment work time - submitted by the end of class.

3) Worked on Protein Synthesis when done
April 1st

Friday, March 18, 2011

Week of March 21 - 25

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Reminders
2) Review - Work through 1st part of overview/Review
3) 15 minutes - Enzyme Lab questions.
- Set Enzyme Lab Assessment Date
4)  Cells Unit Pre-Assessment
5) Vocabulary Pre-load
6) Start new unit

1) Reminders
2) Reviewed up to the last page
3) Worked on Enzyme Lab Questions and corrected 1-5
4) Planned week

March 21

Tuesday
1) Reminders & Review
- correct last page of review
- Check with DNA Replication, RNA Transcription
2)Wrap up Enzyme Lab Questions (6-8
3) Cells - Pre-Test and Vocab

1) Reviewed 
2) Wrapped up lab discussions and prepared for Lab assessment
3) Completed Cells Pre-Assessment
March 22

Wednesday
1) Reminders & Review
- Review Protein Synthesis & mRNA codon chart and amino acid structure

2) Enzyme Lab Assessment

3) Cells
- Objectives
- Work on Vocab & Vocab Game
- Finish and mark pre-assessments
- Start into unit





Study Session at lunch today (12:30)

1) Reviewed for exam

2) Enzyme Lab Assessment and then corrected

3) Worked on Cells Vocabulary.

March 23

Thursday
Unit 1- Biochemistry Exam
- Work on Evolution Questions when complete.

March 24

Friday
1) Reminders:
Evolution Reference Page Due on Monday
2) Fever Presentations

Protein Synthesis - Work day will be next week (1 workday all at once) - then we will set the due date


1) Re-assigned netbooks
2) Worked through basic Fever information

March 25

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Week of March 14 - 18

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
Skype with Grade 5s
- Inquiry - Fevers - how is it going what is working what isn't
- Enzymes - Missing Names
-

1) Work through RNA Transcription
- make up symbols for RNA Transcription
- Practice creating an analogy

2) Protein Synthesis

- Google Apps when time.

1) Skyped with Grade 5s
2) Inquiry feedback

3) worked through a quick review of DNA Replication

4) Worked through RNA Transcription and made a video of our gestures.

5) Started Protein Synthesis.

March 14

Tuesday
1) RNA Transcription REview
2) Work on Protein Synthesis
3) Introduce assignment for RNA Transcription
4) Plan ahead to wrap up this unit..

1) Reviewed transcription and video
2) Reviewed Protein Synthesis
3) Introduced assignment
- Viewed samples of previous assignments
- Brainstormed examples for what you would do.
4) 
March 15

Wednesday
1) Skype - SF
2) Reminders:  Clarify dates for quiz/exam/food day
3) Homeostasis REview
4) Intro Enzyme Lab
5) Unit Overview/Review
6) Protein Synthesis Assignment.


1)  Planned ahead 
2) Skyped with Grade 5s
3) See Calendar for upcoming class info re: exams, quiz, etc.
4) Worked through and reviewed the concept of Homeostasis. 
5) Quick intro to the enzyme lab
6) Worked on Overview/Review

March 16

Thursday
Enzyme Lab
- Complete Enzyme Lab Questions

1) Worked through Lab

March 17

Friday
DS Lab

1) Google Apps Info
- Google Revised sharing process
- Google apps - check create a test document and share with one other person
- Google Group - Try to join by following this link.

2) - Finish Inquiry and Fevers
- share your presentation digitally

3) Work on Unit Overview/Review or Protein Synthesis Assignment


Mr. S. - may stop in for a visit so please check to make sure these processes are working.


Please check to see if the following document shares:  TEST DOC

Create a document and share with a friend?  Does this work?

Google Apps and Groups:  Follow the link to join this group.
- Try this link to the group

Class Calendar



- Checked into Google Apps
- Finished Fever Inquiry
- worked on protein synthesis assignment or Enzyme lab questions or overview review


March 18

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Week of March 7 - 11

Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Reminders for the week.
Set Carbs, Lipids, Protein Quiz

2) Correct Evolution Questions - Ch. 9 #7 & 8


Follow up:
Please respond to the following questions on paper.
A) What worked well with this format of learning?

B)  What challenges did we face that we can work on for next time?


C) What other tools could we use to collaborate?

5) Nucleic Acids
DNA/RNA






1) Set Quiz for _____

2) Corrected Evolution Questions

3) Worked through google apps presentation.

4)  Started Enzymes
March 7

Tuesday
1) Reminders

2) Skype with the Grade 5s

3) Wrap up Enzymes

4) Google Presentation - few slides

Please respond to the following questions on paper.
A) What worked well with this format of learning?

B)  What challenges did we face that we can work on for next time?


C) What other tools could we use to collaborate?

4) Nucleic Acids
DNA/RNA
1) Skyped with Grade 5s

2) Wrapped up Enzymes

3) Corrected DNA Questions - Started DNA Replication
March 8

Wednesday
1) Quiz
2) Work on chapter 21 Evolution questions when done.
3) Correct Quiz
4) DNA Replication
- finish reading
 - class demo
5) Google Apps - Presentation info.

1) Quiz
2) Worked on Google apps feedback and evolution question while people finished the quiz.
3) Corrected part of the quiz
4) Worked through DNA Replication
March 9

Thursday
1) Skype with Grade 5s
2) Google Pres - 5 slides
3) DNA Replication - Review and act out
4) RNA Transcription

1) Skyped with Grade 5s
2) Reviewed DNA Replication and acted out the class model.
3) Reviewed Google Apps pres
4) Introduced RNA Transcription

March 10 

Friday
Skype -

DS LAB - Research Day
- What questions do we have to research this week?
 - Other examples of enzymes in the human body.

Inquiry - Fevers -- Activity
- Follow the link listed above to learn about this activity.  It is intended to be a shorter research activity, followed by quick in class reporst and wrapped up with an individual assessment.






March 11